Waterfall

author(s): Torstein Hønsi

by Rajesh Danabal

HTML

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.1.1.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts-more.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/exporting.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/export-data.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/accessibility.js"></script>

<figure class="highcharts-figure">
  <div id="container"></div>
  <p class="highcharts-description">
    Waterfall charts are used to visualize cumulative values,
    where each data point contributes to a total. In this example,
    points showing intermediate sums are used to indicate the
    progression of the total.
  </p>
</figure>

CSS

.highcharts-figure,
.highcharts-data-table table {
  min-width: 320px;
  max-width: 700px;
  margin: 1em auto;
}

.highcharts-data-table table {
  font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;
  border-collapse: collapse;
  border: 1px solid #EBEBEB;
  margin: 10px auto;
  text-align: center;
  width: 100%;
  max-width: 500px;
}

.highcharts-data-table caption {
  padding: 1em 0;
  font-size: 1.2em;
  color: #555;
}

.highcharts-data-table th {
  font-weight: 600;
  padding: 0.5em;
}

.highcharts-data-table td,
.highcharts-data-table th,
.highcharts-data-table caption {
  padding: 0.5em;
}

.highcharts-data-table thead tr,
.highcharts-data-table tr:nth-child(even) {
  background: #f8f8f8;
}

.highcharts-data-table tr:hover {
  background: #f1f7ff;
}

JavaScript

Highcharts.chart('container', {
  chart: {
    type: 'waterfall'
  },

  title: {
    text: 'Highcharts Waterfall'
  },

  xAxis: {
    type: 'category'
  },

  yAxis: {
    title: {
      text: 'USD'
    }
  },

  legend: {
    enabled: false
  },

  tooltip: {
    pointFormat: '<b>${point.y:,.2f}</b> USD'
  },

  series: [{
    upColor: Highcharts.getOptions().colors[2],
    color: Highcharts.getOptions().colors[3],
    data: [{
      name: 'Start',
      y: 120000
    }, {
      name: 'Product Revenue',
      y: 569000
    }, {
      name: 'Service Revenue',
      y: 231000
    }, {
      name: 'Positive Balance',
      isIntermediateSum: true,
      color: Highcharts.getOptions().colors[1]
    }, {
      name: 'Fixed Costs',
      y: -342000
    }, {
      name: 'Variable Costs',
      y: -233000
    }, {
      name: 'Balance',
      isSum: true,
      color: Highcharts.getOptions().colors[1]
    }],
    dataLabels: {
      enabled: true,
      formatter: function() {
        return Highcharts.numberFormat(this.y / 1000, 0, ',') + 'k';
      },
      style: {
        fontWeight: 'bold'
      }
    },
    pointPadding: 0
  }]
});